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List of formations of the Turkish Army 2008

This is a provisional list of formations of the Turkish Army as of 2008. It needs further authoritative corroboration.[1]

A formation is a military organization that includes a mixture of its own ('organic') and operationally attached sub-units, and is usually combat-capable.

The IISS and the Turkish Army's website gave differing figures as to the number of formations in the Army. In 2007 the official site gave totals of 9 Army Corps, 1 Infantry Division, 2 Mechanized Infantry Divisions, 1 Armored Division, 1 Training Division, 11 Infantry / Motorized Infantry Brigades, 16 Mechanized Infantry Brigades, 9 Armored Brigades, 5 Para-Commando Brigades, 1 Army Aviation Brigade, 2 Artillery Brigades, 5 Training Brigades and one Humanitarian Aid Brigade.[2]

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Turkish Army corps locations
Key: 2nd (1) – 2nd Corps, 1st Army

First Army edit

First Army is based in Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul

2nd Corps edit

2nd Corps has its headquarters at Gelibolu, Çanakkale/Edirne

3rd Corps edit

3rd Corps is based in Şişli/ Istanbul (NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Turkey, responsible to SACEUR)

5th Corps edit

5th Corps is based in Çorlu/ Tekirdağ

Second Army edit

Second Army is based in Malatya

6th Corps edit

6th Corps is based in Adana

7th Corps edit

7th Corps is based in Diyarbakır

8th Corps edit

8th Corps is based in Elazığ

  • 20th Armored Bde (Şanlıurfa)
  • 172nd Armored Bde (Kahramanmaraş; appears to have moved in mid-2008 to Silopi[5])
  • 108th Artillery Regiment

1st Commando Bde edit

1st Commando Brigade is based in (Kayseri) (besides that unit also an air force Para-Bde in Kayseri).

3rd Commando Bde edit

Based in (Siirt)

Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde edit

Hakkari Mountain and Commando Bde is based in (Hakkari)

Third Army edit

Third Army is based in (Erzincan)

4th Corps edit

4th Corps is based in (Ankara)

9th Corps edit

9th Corps is based in Erzurum.

2nd Commando Bde edit

Based in Bolu

4th Commando Bde edit

Based in Tunceli

Aegean Army edit

Based in Izmir

11th Special Forces Bde edit

Based in Denizli

7th Special Forces Bde edit

Based in Sakarya

2nd Special Force Jandarma Bde edit

Based in Bornova/İzmir

19th Motorized Infantry Bde edit

Based in Edremit/Balıkesir

1st Infantry Bde edit

Based in Manisa

57th Artillery Bde edit

Based in İzmir

Zıpkınlar Commando Regiment edit

Based in Muğla

Plus

3rd Amphibious Marines Brigade edit

Based in Foca

Cyprus Turkish Peace Force/11th Corps edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Turkey - Army - Order of Battle".
  2. ^ "Force Structure". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  3. ^ KKK '52 Armored Division' Hadimkoy – "Yorum Yapı". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  4. ^ Turkish Daily News, President calls for national unity Archived 2007-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Thursday, September 13, 2007
  5. ^ "FLAŞ: 172. Zırhlı Tugay Silopi'ye taşınıyor!".

Further reading edit

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